Man dies after shot several times in East Garfield Park

A man died after being shot several times in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side overnight.

Johnnie Dyer, 38, of the 400 block of East Oakwood Boulevard, was pronounced dead at 12:38 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Preliminary reports said Dyer was standing outside in the 3000 block of West 5th Avenue shortly before midnight when someone approached and shot him several times, said Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.

Dryer was taken by a private party to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.